I Am Love
I Am Love is a gorgeous and gastronomic journey into the lifestyles of the rich and Milano. Tilda Swinton does justice to her Italian lines as Emma, a Russian émigré married into the old money of the Recchi’s whose patriarch Edoardo Sr. (Gabriele Ferzetti) is about to pass down the reins of power in the families lucrative factory. However in a family already showing signs of strain this will lead to more instability. Those eligible include Emma’s husband Tancredi (Pippo Delbono) and their sons Edoardo Jr. (Flavio Parenti) and Gianluca (Mattia Zaccaro). Shortly after the fractious decision is announced it’s revealed that daughter Elisabetta (Alba Rohrwacher) is a lesbian and Emma starts an affair with the much younger Antonio Biscaglia (Edoardo Gabbriellini). This relationship is doubly doomed as Antonio is also Edoardo Jr.'s best friend so in effect she’s cheating on her husband and her favourite son. Meantime Eduardo Jr. is twice deceived as under the stewardship of Tancredi the family business is about to head down a road that Eduardo finds abhorrent. All this transpired in a whirlwind of high fashion, idyllic Lombardy landscapes and especially exquisite Italian cuisine. You may not leave the theatre feeling the love but you surely will leave saying “I’m hungry!”.